Smoking and age-related macular degeneration: The POLA study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1031-1035

  Delcourt, Cécile ^a   Diaz, Jean Luc ^a   Ponton Sanchez, Alice ^a   Papoz, Laure ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0032467373     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.8.1031     Document Type: Article

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